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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1968
Page
2
The list memorializes Mrs. Mary Pool and several others including Charles Maurice Harrah, Leo Bonham, Mary Walsh, Frances Colleen Shepherd, Ralph Thorp, Fred Maxwell, and Cleora Wisneski Long among many, detailing ages, hometowns such as Dugger and Terre Haute, survivors, funeral homes, and burial sites across Clinton, Brazil, Montezuma, Linton, and surrounding counties.
Council stands firm in the Bowden dispute over air pollution control while the health board advisory council led by Dan Gowings plans suggestions. Bowden may resign, but he stays on through Nov. 20 as the board seeks a new director, proposing four hiring paths including private experts, academic staff, and government employees.
Aristotle and Jacqueline Onassis will celebrate Christmas and New Year aboard their yacht Christina in the Aegean Sea. Sources say Onassis will arrive from New York this week, with Mrs. Onassis following later in the month. The Christina is moored off Skorpios, the private Onassis island where they wed in October.
Senator Birch Bayh says Sargent Shriver should remain ambassador to France for his work reversing anti American sentiment. He cites NATO talks in Brussels and notes bipartisan unity would help if Nixon keeps Shriver. Bayh warns against letting USSR develop antiballistic missiles and stresses protecting U.S. interests.
Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation gave Rose Polytechnic Institute an unrestricted $5,000 gift. Dr. John A. Logan announced the donation, with Worth Holmes presenting the check. The gift is part of a 1968 program supporting 150 private colleges and universities nationwide, totaling over $2.2 million that year and $14.5 million since 1952. Tornadoes strike the United States more than elsewhere, with every state hit at least once.
Brownie a sightless eight year old from poisoning learns guidance from Blackie a black female dog owned by Mrs. David Wenning in New Bedford. Blackie runs beside Brownie to steer him away from hazards creating a remarkable canine partnership documented by AP.
A chartered four engine Lockheed Super Constellation with 104 aboard crashed on takeoff at McCarren Airport after an engine failed. Five people suffered minor injuries. The plane skidded along the runway, gear collapsed, and smoke filled the cabin. Most passengers were General Dynamics workers from Fort Worth. The accident occurred during a return flight from Dallas-Fort Worth. prior tire blowouts had delayed the departure.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller announced he will run again in 1970, aiming a record fourth term if victorious. His press secretary said the plan is subject to change. At 60, Rockefeller would surpass former Gov. Dewey for longest service if re-elected, citing over 12 billion dollars in urban development programs his administration launched.
Snow is forecast to bypass Indiana with only light snow in the northern part. South Bend reports a 3 inch cover this morning. Temperatures should creep up from the 30s to the 40s by Wednesday under partly cloudy skies.
Basel Swiss AP Karl Barth one of the world's leading Protestant theologians died at his Basel home. A figure praised as the most creative Protestant theologian since Calvin he was also condemned by some as a heretic. He published Epistle to the Romans in 1918 attacking liberal theology and opposed Nazism after 1933. He volunteered for Swiss Army service in World War II and later returned to Basel to continue Church Dogmatics scholarly work.
In captivity elephants eat under 100 pounds of high quality food daily at the National Zoo in Washington by contrast wild elephants consume about 800 pounds of grass leaves and bark each day. The National Geographic notes this stark contrast between tame and ferocious foraging in elephants.
Terre Haute public works members and Robert Meyer of Youngstown Meadows Inc discussed a proposed privately financed 30 inch sewer facility line from the subdivision to Davis Avenue intersecting 7th Street. If approved, construction requires council ratification. Several thousand dollars expected for about five miles with tap fees for homeowners.
Edith Coates dies after a heart attack in a hotel in Hilo Haveau. Funeral services are Thursday at Cross Funeral Home with Rev. Morris Dice officiating. Burial in Highland Lawn Cemetery. Survived by husband Harold, two sons William Danner in Indianapolis and Howard Danner in Chicago, and three grandchildren. She belonged to First Baptist Church Amoma Circle Sigma Kappa sorority Terre Haute BPW Club and White Shrine of Jerusalem. Call after 2 p.m. prior to burial.
Egypt and Jordan say they can offer little beyond abstaining from surrender as they accept the U.N. resolution. Syria remains intransigent calling for war while condemning the United States. Jordanian Premier Talhouni urges unified Arab action to liberate occupied territory, noting Egypt and Jordan have exhausted options to aid Gunnar Jarring's peace mission.
City police investigated an overnight break in at W. C. Hargis & Son Asphalt Co. Inc. at 1000 North Tenth Street. The burglary occurred between 5 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday and was reported by Warren Artz, a firm employee. Stolen items included an adding machine valued at 400 dollars and 12 six cent stamps.
Funeral services for Sgt Theodore Alfred Sweatt Vigo County's 13th Vietnam War casualty will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Freewill Baptist Church in Vigo County Burial with military honors will follow at Soldiers Circle Highland Lawn Cemetery Friends may call Wednesday 5 to 9 p.m. at the church Sweatt 21 former Wiley High standout athlete set Indiana high school triple jump record and was a high scoring center on Wiley basketball He is survived by his parents Everett and (name) Sweatt and six brothers with several living in Terre Haute Los Angeles and at home Notes indicate the family includes Dorothy Louise sister and Gary youngest brother a student at Sarah Scott Junior High School
Arctic cold persisted across the East, with temperatures staying in the teens and below zero in many areas. Boston reported 10 above, New York 12, Philadelphia 14, Detroit 16, Bradford 5 below. The South faced a second night of subfreezing temps from the Atlantic coast to Florida, while Atlanta steadied around 27 before cooling again. Only light snow flurries appeared east of the Mississippi.
After sentencing, victims were restrained as the prisoner exited the courtroom. Sheriff's deputies and Cox family friends blocked him from reaching the building area where Fuller had been led. Cox shouted there was no justice, then chased a photographer outside the courthouse before returning to a car. Fuller will be sent to the Illinois Diagnostic Center in Joliet.
Funeral services are set for Carl W. Belles Sr. at Hamm ond Price Funeral Home in North Palm Beach Florida at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Belles, former Terre Haute superintendent of the American Can Co, died Monday in North Palm Beach after years of ill health. Burial will follow. Surviving are his widow Blanche Odie Belles a daughter Geraldine Heyl three sons F Gordon Belles Robert Belles and Carl W Belles Jr eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. A daughter Dorothy the late Mrs Howard Batman preceded him.
Miss Nancy Donna, Clinton junior at Indiana State University, was named general chairman of the Crystal Ball, the campus’s largest sorority formal dance set for January 11. A 1966 Clinton High School graduate, she is active in Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Lambda Delta, and campus organizations.
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